Portable partition



Jan. 11, 193, A; e. PETERSON PORTABLE PARTITION Filed Dec. 7. Y 1936l/rl ' ,Mypresentinvention relatest i rtabletbartifof Fig. 1;

v u iost si roit'rinmrmTiTIoN 1 n is-mm mem c siisg (cLj zof-is'i H Itionsand. more particulariy-toa-coliapsible port able partition whichmaybe erected on the in-' i side-of store's facing the-outer. door's fSuch Dare titions-a're particularly "desirableinconnection' .with 'chainstore's-and the like or in connection 1 with delivery of goodsto'p1aces'of business where, the time-of, deliverymay be several hoursprior tojthe opening of the establishment for business.

i v19 Under such circumstances it is desirable that 5 goods may "hedelivered within'the place of busi-v ness butgat .thesame timerestrictnthe shace of such-delivery andsegrieg'ate it from the'rest ofwith the-normal business s te the room" in the surrounding space.ThisispaItiuIdrljfbGr: 1 tinent in grocery-stores where the mainentrance opens into' the display'spa'ce of the -store. At

; theisame time'such a device' must be so designed fthatit ma be takendown easily and. quickly and'prsnt no obstructionswhich will' interferewhich itsis used.'-.

'not in use he from. the room'.

' :1-Having ..the variousiacts in mi'n'dQI' have de- I signeda compactandfsturdy structure which may V erected in' a few mome'ntsoi time andwhen 7' .-Lfprovedgportable"partition;'

The'principal'object ofimy in'vjention is an 131-.

tion has beenerected; 1 t I l Still'anotherobject "is' an improved-means of anchoring thejsupporting members in the said floor, and.

Other objects and hotel features comprising the construction andoperationzofmy. invention will appear as the. description of; the sameprof gresses. In the drawingiilustrating the' 'pref erred embodimentofmy inyention, I. Fig. 1. is a, perspective .yiew of the; apparatuswhich has been" erected on the insidejof a-room' line 2-4 01. Fig.1;

- Fig. :4 is another: detail erossgsctin fta en 6n eitherrolied upor-removed entirely 7 adjacent the'outside doors, portions of which havef been broken away; I v Fig. 2 is atdeta'il cross section takenont aDian view of the detail {shown in Fig. ,6 is aicross section taken onthe line 5-6 Fig; '7; is still another cross-section taken on thelinetfle-r' l. of Fig. and

Fig. "8 is -':a;not-h'er cross-section taken. on ,the [linea -P8 of Fig.7.

Referring morein detail to the drawing illussidestreet' and a storeinterior, .II indicates 'the.fioor of the interior of such store; I Atcertain places on the flootfll I have 'indicated plates 12- which,areset into theufloor flush with the top -trati n guiny inventiom. 1,0indicates the inside ofa pairoi doors which communicate with theoutsurface" and in -which=are inserted'..the vertical Surrounding outersides is, a heavy :fabric enclosure material Hi, -'I'h'is material I6 ispreferably .jsoiidly atintothej interiorof the store. 1 Preferably thefabric Hi encloses the 130517515."- The posts iiare held at their top.endsby 'ineans .of 1 an angle thefllowerl'end of the pos'tsgli: Ihavejprovided a clamp member 20 which surrounds-.the-fabric and posts15' at this point and between the.- ends of which I have anchoredajsmaiiflchainil bracket I6 which is secured to theidoor ca sing c Y I III), the reduced? end 1'] passing' throughtan ori x L Another fobjectis"i improiiei'p rtable partil the purpose the tion whichgis providedwithrigid. floor supporta ing; members which" cannotibe removed except fromthe inside of the room in which the partiis-threaded and engaged .in afit'ting i9 which is screwed tothe' upper end of the-post15. I vconstruction is better showny'inJiggZ A(ija,c :'e' x: it 'v whichencircles the entire enclosureiterminating I ate similar clamp on theoppositeside adjacent the door frame 10. Preferably the chain '20 is"enclosed byla fold of the ;fabric l6, portions of fwhich' are brokenaway to show the chain and its fastening rivets tfiwhich attach it tothe several posts 13' angiggl'l. 0n the outer corners of the enclosure.I prefer i op 1a ,ce the rivets outside of the fabric. This chainwhich-is'inclosed in the fabric It andanchored at the"bottom-"portionsof the posts'prevents anyone'iroin liiting'the'lower edges of v thefabricaiid passing-underneath it. At. apoint about midsectioni oi' 'theposts :15, ,I u have. l sitioned: another 3018,1111! -;2'2, preerab1xfifi et d tothe s as n d atl t tf open ends cftheclampqfl areprovided-"with" orifices 24. Directly; opposite the opemendsot theclamps 22 and between-281.1011 endsI have 10-.

' solutely imperative that no obstacles be placed in oron the floor llof the store which might be obstructions whichwould trip or otherwisecon slightly tipped up so that it is practically impossible to slidethem out from under the link 29 which is mounted in the floor plates30.The

.upper ends of the rods 21 and 28 are bent downwardly, as shown at 3|,and are inserted in the top of the fitting l9 which is screwed to theho]- low posts l5, I4 and I3. This downwardly bent end 3| of the rods28, may be extended down below the fitting into the posts l5, l4 and I3,as shown in the drawing. As a double assurance that the rods 28 cannotbe removed from the floor plates 30 fromwithin the inclosure, I haveprovided orifices in the angle ends of the rods 28 which pass throughthe links 32 located in the floor plates 30, through which I insertcotterpins 33. from the inside of the inclosure and must be reached bysomeone within the-room surrounding the inclosure. v

Across the central portion of the inclosure and connecting with theposts 14, I have provided an overhead strap 34, each endof which isprovided with rings 35. The rings 35 are mounted over the fixtures i9when assembling the structure, and the bent ends 3| of the rods 28 arepassed down through the rings 35, the fixture l9 and into the hollowrods l4 thereby holding the side posts and the fabric l6 firmly inplace.. The location of the floor plates 30 may be positioned at anangle of forty-five degrees'to the posts l3 if it is found thatadditional bracing is necessary in ordertomaintain the fabric in a tightposition.

--In any installation of this character. it is abtribute to an injury byfalling of any customer who might encounter such object; therefore, I

have designed a floor plate and link assembly which when not in usepresents a smooth upper These cotter-pins cannot be reached.

link 32 is elongated and fits loosely around the pin 31 it may be drawnup through a slot 38 located in the top surface of the plate 30 when theapparatus is in use, as in Fig. 1, and when not in use, the link 32 willfall back below the floor surface of the plate'30.

In operation the apparatus is assembled, as shown in Fig. 1. A deliveryman who has keys to the outside doors located within the door frames I0,delivers his goods within the inclosure but cannot get access to theinterior of the store surrounding the inclosure without in some Waydestroying some portion of the inclosure structure. If such destructionoccurs the responsible party is easily traceable.

When the operator or manager opens the store in the morning, after thegoods have been de-' :2l, at the top and bottom of the fabric I 6 ifdesired, or any other non-yielding element which lends itself toflexibility will suflice equally well. Under certain conditions I maynot use the upper chain or wire reinforcement at all. This factor isgoverned somewhat by the size of the inclosure and the distance betweenthe posts I3, I 4 and 15 or multiples of posts l4.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new is:

In an improved portable partition inclosure adapted to surround theinside area of a room adjacent the outside entrance, the said enclosurecomprising a vertical fabric wall supported by means of hollow postsattached to said fabricwall and mounted in the floor of said room, acentral strap member transversally positioned across the upper centralarea of said fabric wall having anchor rings located at the endsthereof, rigid brace rods 'adapted to connect with said wall and saidfloor, the upperend ofsaid rods being bent to form a hook, the endof thehook being inserted through'thesaid rings and down into the hollow endofsaid posts, the floor-end of said rods being bent at right angles to thesaid rods and parallel with said floor, a link pinned'through a floorplate, the said plate pin being located below the upper surface of thesaid plate for the purpose of allowing the said link to drop below thetop surface of said plate when not in .use, the right angle bentvportion of said rods being adapted to be inserted, through the upper endof said link when said rods are attached to said wall posts.

' ALFRED G. PETERSON.

